Take a bike: Tel Aviv studies downtown congestion fees By Avi Bar-Eli http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/831875.html For the past month, a private consulting...
[http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=64] Editor's note: In the spirit of equal time.************************* Gabriel Roth, September 26,...
We also have Municipal Utilities here some of which only provide electricity and gas like Sacramento MU and others which provide everything (water, high speed...
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Eric Bruun
ericbruun@...
Mar 6, 2007 8:50 am
Gladwyn, et. al. Yes, control of utilities and public services is often an important issue. But Gabriel Roth and many others don't see it that way. They think...
Support for congestion charging 'greater than ever' Published: 5th March 2007 10:37 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/6592/ * Support for the congestion ...
1. Eric Bruun's comments about government oppressing people who suffered from externalities reminded me chillingly of an article in today's Guardian (search ...
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Andrew Curry
andrew.nextwave@...
Mar 6, 2007 11:24 pm
Of course, we should be in favour of this, as long as it is done properly. If roads were fully handed over to the private sector (and they had to pay their...
The UK rail advocacy group Railfuture has come up with a much higher estimate for the external costs of roads than that suggested by Andrew Curry -- which, of ...
Dear all, Commemorating Womens' day on March 8th 2007, GTZ SUTP has published a new module on Gender and Urban Transport, written by Mika Kunieda and Aimée...
Gladwyn In New Zealand the Ministry of Economic Development are thrashing through this one now. I don't think there is anything on the web site now but you...
Robin Chase - Sharing Cars and Networks Ethan Zuckerman <http://www.worldchanging.com/ethan_bio.html> March 8, 2007 6:38 PM Robin Chase is the inventor of ...
On Behalf Of Michael Yeates Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:49 AM To: KyotoWorldCities@yahoogroups.com Can anybody help? Brisbane is the capital city of the...
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Martin Cassini
martincassini@...
Mar 13, 2007 5:48 am
Dear Michael, My advice is to minimise interference and control. Scrap priority rules and traffic lights, and let road users use their commonsense. You'll be ...
(Editorās note: I love the bit about āLondoners have always enjoyed getting around on The Tubeā. ;-) March 12, 2007 London's fix You'll pay to drive...
Seoul-inspiring change By MIKE KOREEN http://torontosun.com/News/World/2007/03/12/pf-3736397.html Buses in Seoul now travel faster than cars thanks to an...
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Martin Cassini
martincassini@...
Mar 13, 2007 9:12 am
"London's Fix" smacks of more Transport for London improperganda (remember they have 20 permanent press officers ... I wonder why). The London congestion...
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Peter Newman
p.newman@...
Mar 13, 2007 1:58 pm
Erik The patronage figures are very good but 20 kph for a transit system wouldn't work to attract passengers in many cities in Europe and none in America and...
My thought is that every city should have groups like these. Ā Vigilantly present, knowledgeable, ready to work for their cause ā which is the cause not just...
Can anyone tell me (Martin for example?) whether there is any recorded evidence of what happens to visually impaired road users at places such as Drachten? Do...
The figures for London, Seoul and Toronto rapid transit systems in the article about Seoul don't seem to present London in a very good light. Daily riders per ...
I have a much smaller effort (for a much smaller city): Newton Streets and Sidewalks: http://newtonstreets.blogspot.com/ I have consciously modelled my site...
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Martin Cassini
martincassini@...
Mar 14, 2007 7:26 am
Hi Alice, Not sure without ferreting whether there is any recorded evidence, but in the same way that drivers of huge articulated trucks wave on mothers with...
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Alice Maynard
Mar 14, 2007 11:28 am
Hi Martin Thanks for this - I am not sanguine about the 'obvious' inference, though. Although many disabled people do 'look disabled' there are others - for...
Thanks Sean Roche for the heads-up on this excellent initiative of Streetsblog and Aaron Naparstek, which we copy below in full text in the hope of getting yet...
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Lee Schipper
SCHIPPER@...
Mar 14, 2007 11:33 am
SOLVING CONGESTION THROUGH PRICING POLICIES: LONDON'S REDOUBLED EFFORTS Brown-Bag Seminar March 19, 2007 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM World Resources Institute Transport...
Spreaking of "sustainable transport development" what do people know about the transit tax assessed in Portland, OR (and maybe Eugene, OR). It's 6% of wages...
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Chris Bradshaw
hearth@...
Mar 15, 2007 5:12 am
Parking is an issue that is not discussed intelligently very much. In most neighbourhoods, leaders demand high parking requirements, primarily to reduce...
Hi Eric, It is my vision to help facilitate every city to have groups like this. In fact, I already have the infrastructure in place to relatively easily do so...
I have a development-related question from a slightly different perspective than you treat the issue at the end of your letter: How do you attract developers...
